Ximena Zomosa

Ximena Zomosa (born 1966, Santiago, Chile) is a visual artist and curator who works in contemporary art^[1] and conceptual art,^[2] whose work demonstrates — from the perspective of gender^[3]— a discourse that is fundamentally feminine.^[4] She acted in a managerial and curatorial capacity at the Balmaceda Youth Art Gallery, a space for art by emerging Chilean artists.^[5]

Zomosa studied art at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, which complemented her studies at various Chilean universities.^[2] Her work is characterized by "la originalidad mostrada en el empleo de materiales sacados de la vida cotidiana y dispuestos en instalaciones inusuales (...). En su afán transformatorio, es evidente un sentido autobiográfico e irónico frente a lo femenino y lo doméstico" ("originality demonstrated in the use of materials from everyday life and displayed in unusual installations (...). In her eager transformation, there is a sense of the autobiographical and irony in the face of that which is feminine and that which is domestic").^[2]

In 2004, Zomosa received the Altazor Award of the National Arts in the category of Installations and Video Art for Colección de la artista (Artist's Collection).^[6]

Throughout her career, Zomosa has participated in solo exhibitions as well as exhibitions featuring other artists, including V Bienal de Estandartes in Tijuana (2008); Concours Matisse 1992, Concours Matisse 1994, and II Biennial Premio Gunthe, in the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts (1992, 1994, and 1995, respectively); Última Generación at the Chiloé Museum of Modern Art (1995), Everyday at the Art Gallery of New South Wales for the Biennale of Sydney (1998); El Lugar dentro at the Casa Colorada Museum (1999);^[7] Proyecto de Borde at the Valdivia Museum of Contemporary Art (1999); Project N11, Muro Sur arte chileno contemporáneo for the la Biennale of Shanghai (2004); Portable Affairs, Project of a Boundary at Artspace Sydney Visual Arts Centre in Sydney (2005); and Arte Mujer y Compromiso Político at the Salvador Allende Museum of Solidarity (2009),^[8] and other exhibitions in the United States, Latin America, Australia, and Europe.^[1][2][3][4]

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